What does πολίτευμα (políteuma) mean in the Bible?
πολίτευμα (políteuma): Heavenly citizenship as one's primary community and allegiance, not earthly political status
Greek · G4175
πολίτευμα
Citizenship
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πολίτευμαG4175
Pronunciationpolíteuma
What does πολίτευμα (políteuma) mean in the Bible?
πολίτευμα (políteuma): Heavenly citizenship as one's primary community and allegiance, not earthly political status
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How does the BSB render G4175?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include citizenship (1).
Where does πολίτευμα (políteuma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 3:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itcitizenship1×Philippians 3:20
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Usage map
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First aligned rowPhilippians 3:20
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philippians1
Source forms
πολίτευμα1xpoliteumaPhilippians 3:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xPhilippians 3:20
Evidence Summary
Justice
Greek word. Heavenly citizenship as one's primary community and allegiance, not earthly political status
Strong'sG4175
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 22:22-29Source Gloss
citizenship
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Heavenly citizenship as one's primary community and allegiance, not earthly political status
(πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:7 * ;]
1an act of administration.
2a form of government.
3= πολιτεία,
acitizenship : Php.3:20 (R, txt.);
bcommunity, commonwealth : Phi, l.with (R, mg.; for exx, see MM, xx).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 3:20Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πολίτευμαpoliteuma
a state, commonwealth
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterPhil 3:201×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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New Testament Witnesses
One possessing legal civic status.
citizenship
Word Origins
πολίτευμα is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Defines believer identity as belonging to heaven.Acts 22:22-29
Highlights legal protection under Roman law.Philippians 3:17–4:1
Canonical Themes
Justice
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